West Liberty Fair doubles program after rain cancels day
The West Liberty fair will compress its three day schedule into two days after rain forced cancellation yesterday. Ethel Avis Hendricks of Hillandale Farm near Muscatine won the grand championship in the Baby Beef contest with a Hereford. Today features a livestock parade at 7 p.m., band numbers, and a full slate of club demonstrations, concerts, and a speed program. Tuesday and Wednesday offer Farm Bureau Day activities, hog calling contests, and more exhibitions before wrap up.
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Ethel Avis Hendricks
Hillandale Farm
Muscatine
West Liberty Fair
Wapsie Eveready Club
Wapsie
Atalissa
Fruitland
A. H
Jacobs
Farm Bureau
W. F. Schilling
Northfield
Minn
Schilling
Bloomington
Fulton Industrial Workers
Fulton Royal Workers
Cretonne
West Branch
107 Years Old Woman Takes Her First Vacation
Chicago August 24 AP Mrs August Kuzner of St Charles HI celebrated her 107th birthday by taking her first vacation in years She abandoned the 6 oclock alarm and the long garden weed war attributing longevity to a lifetime of hard work begun in Germany hoeing potatoes for five cents a day
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Chicago
August Kuzner
St. Charles
Kuzner
Germany
Doctor Denies Uncle Joe Cannon Is Sick
In Panville Michigan on August 24 AP reports Uncle Joe Cannon is not ill but tired. Dr Charles E Wilkinson says reports of his serious illness are false. The former Speaker now rests more and has stopped daily automobile rides through town.
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Panville
Joe Canon
Charles E. Wilkinson
Cannon
Helen Cannon
Europe
National House
Lovett Dies Former US Attorney General Aide in Harding Era
Chicago Illinois August 24 AP Judge Robert H Lovett assistant United States attorney general in charge of the department of justice claims division died in a hospital after weeks of illness He was sixty five a prominent Christian Scientist in Peoria and Washington and a Republican leader in central Illinois He had served on circuit and federal benches before joining Harding's junior cabinet He was brought to Chicago after suffering gall stones and an intestinal tumor
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Chicago
Ill
Robert H. Lovett
United States
Department of Justice Claims Division
Harding
Peoria
Washington
Lovett
Ilinois
Judge Lovett
Ohio Democrats Push Direct Primary Retention Platform
Ohio Democrats at Columbus approve a platform urging retention of the direct primary and a law barring lawyers who sit in the General Assembly from practicing before state commissions. They condemn the public utilities commission and warn of heavy campaign spending. Duffy to keynote for Donahey and Pomerene. Fess to deliver Republican address.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio Democratic Party
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Thomas J. Duffy
State Industrial Commission
Ohio Federation of Labor
Vic Donahey
United States
Pomerene
Senate
Fess
Race Riot Follows Hold Up Near Sharonville
Four armed negroes rob a man near Lockland then move on Sharonville where a gun battle leaves Henry McGrew mayor of Sharonville with a scalp wound and Hugh Bestal fatally to probably wounded. Citizens form a posse, pursue the assailants and surround them in a woods.
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Cincinnati
Sharonville
Henry McGrew
Hugh Bestal
Lockland
McGrew
Bestal
Wife Slayer Is Given Cell No 13
Clayton Van Doran, who confessed murdering his wife for refusing to darn his socks, was moved from the city jail to the county jail and assigned cell 13. Curious crowds watched his transfer while officials limit visits to those necessary. no trial date set and he waived to the grand jury.
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Council Bluffs
Clayton van Doran
Election Board Employees Fired Over Recount Irregularities
Chicago August 24 AP Two election board employees, Jacob Voightlander and Stephen Superczynsky, were suspended and bonded after a recount raised suspicions of vote stealing in the April primaries. Investigators allege 53 votes were misattributed to Robert E. McMillan. both workers deny awareness of the irregularities as grand juries and a special prosecutor pursue charges amid widespread indictments and contempt outcomes.
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Chicago
Election Board
Edmund Jarecki
Jarecki
Jacob Voightlander
Stephen Superczynsky
Robert E. McMillan
Escaped convict Langford captured after eight days
Clarence Langford, a slayer from Adams County, was found half starved after hiding eight days under a tin shop inside the new prison enclosure at Stateville. He had escaped from his cell a week earlier and briefly ventured out at night before failing to scale the 30 foot wall. He suffered a sprained ankle from a fall and returned to the solitary cell house without resisting.
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Stateville
Ill
Clarence Langford
Adams County
Elmer Green
Langford
Family troubles blamed for man’s death by own action
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 24. Joseph Tepley 56 killed himself after bidding his wife goodbye Coroner R A Vorphal said Tepley had threatened suicide several times and found the hidden shotgun after his wife locked it away He formerly worked for Sinclair Packing company.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Tepley
R.A. Vorphal
Tepley
Canton Police Chief Set Out With 2 Others
Canton editor Don R. Mellett murder probe triggers mass firings as Mayor Swartz ousts Police Chief Lengel and civil service members Jansen and Burris. Civil suit for 100000 filed by widow against Mazer and Rudner. Mellett had attacked officials over the probe and liquor conspiracy linked to the murder.
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Canton
Mellett
Don R. Mellett
Louis Mazer
Ben Rudner
Canton, CO
S. M. Swartz
S. A. Lengel
Price Jansen
John Burris
Civil Service Commission
Lengel
Jansen
Burris
Swartz
Canton, C
Canton Police Chief Fined in Editor Murder Probe
Result of the probe into the murder of newspaper editor Don R. Mellett leads to a fine for Canton’s police chief and signals potential dismissals of other officials. The investigation highlights corruption and accountability concerns across local law enforcement.
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Don R. Mellett
Medical student questioned in Dorothy Kirk death case
A Western Reserve University medical sophomore is being questioned over Dorothy Kirk's death after police found a large drugs stash in his dorm room. Investigators link the pills to an apparent narcotics ring, with the suspect admitting drug use began a month to six weeks prior.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
Dorothy Kirk
Loeb
Leopold
Knapp
Miss Kirk
Dorothy
Paris
France
America
Canal Fulton
William Jackson
Valentino Body Lies In State In New York
The body of Rudolph Valentino will lie in state from 4 pm today until midnight and again on Wednesday and Thursday from 9 am to midnight at a Broadway funeral parlor. Crowds formed outside the undertaking establishment as police managed the throng, the casket placed in the gold room surrounded by gladiolas and a single red rose.
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New York
Rudolph Valentino
Broadway Undertaking
Fatal duel near Herrin ties to Glenn Young era
A coroner's jury probes the roadhouse killing of Harry Walker 44 a Klansman and ex Herrin police chief slain by Everett Smith 30 in a pistol duel Walker died from gunshot injuries after two shots were fired Smith died in Marion hospital after one shot fired Walker reportedly opposed Young and had become his foe Smith was a new Herrin arrival with both men fatally shot in the back during the Sunday night battle.
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Herrin
Ill
Harry Walker
Glenn Young
Williamson County
Everett Smith
Walker
Young
Smith
Marion
Boy 14 Held in Playmate's Death in Quarrel
Chicago youth Julius Katz died after a quarrel in front of his home. Grant Rosenthal, also 14, was arrested after being charged with knocking Katz down during the incident and allegedly taking a baseball.
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Chicago
Julius Katz
Grant Rosenthal
Three Lutheran Synods Vote to Merge
The Iowa Ohio and Buffalo synods of the Evangelical Lutheran church approved a merger plan 137 to 10 at the Iowa synod convention in Dubuque. The plan creates a joint body under the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America until 1928 when a formal merger would be held. the Ohio synod will consider a similar resolution next week in Columbus. The three synods total 450000 communicants and 2073 churches across 15 states and Mexico.
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Dubuque, Ta
Iowa
Ohio
Buffalo
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Iowa Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America
Columbus
Mexico
Aunt Hetry Quillen Looks at Double Chins in Heat
Quillen delivers a light quip on personal appearance with a wink about double chins during hot weather. The line reflects Aunt Hetry Robert Quillen’s humor and style from the 1926 syndicated column.
Valentino Negri marriage planned after Jan next year
Mutual friend Charles Eyton said Valentino and Pola Negri planned to wed after January as their film work allowed. Negri, collapsed in grief after Valentino’s death, visited the Beverly Hills home they built for their future marriage and shared plans for an ideal home.
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Hollywood
Calif
Rudolph Valentino
Pola Negri
Charles Eyton
Valentino
Miss Negri
Eyton
Kathryn Williams
Eytons
Beverly Hills
Eyron
Racing Cars Cause Serious Accident In Iowa City
Mrs. James Lacina was seriously injured when a car driven by her husband swerved off the road at high speed and struck a telephone pole. A side maneuver to avoid two racing motorists caused the crash. The Lacinas’ companion Joe Graves escaped unharmed.
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Iowa City
James Lacina
Lacina
Joe Graves
Bank to Be Reorganized In Fredericksburg Closure
Fredericksburg Iowa bank plans immediate reorganization after First National Bank closed late Monday due to frozen assets. Board of directors makes the announcement.
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Fredericksburg
First National Bank
Board of Directors
Youthful Miss Refuses Food in Elkhart Jail After Robbery Link
Pauline McNeer, 17, of Hazard Kentucky, held with two young men on charges of a filling station hold up, refuses food claiming she has never eaten in a jail. She says she joined the two men in Columbus Ohio and that they robbed Columbus Cleveland and Toledo.
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Elkhart
Ind
Pauline McNeer
Hazard
Fred Fitzrand
Napoleon, O
Jim List
Port Morris
N. J
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Girls Told to Deny Smoking at Sioux City Boat Club
In Sioux City Iowa on August 24 Associated Press reports the Boat club bans smoking for girls. Few have tried but offenders are told it is not good form, reflecting the club’s self described etiquette.
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Sioux City
Silver screen lover dies at 31 plans delayed
A popular film star dies at 31 drawing throngs as crowds view the body. Funeral plans are postponed awaiting arrival of the actor's brother from Italy to attend.
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New York
N. Y
Rudolph Valentino
Italy
Los Angeles
America
John W. Considine
Funeral for Rudolph Valentino Set for Monday
In New York the funeral for Rudolph Valentino will be held at 10 am Monday at the Chapel of St. Malachi’s on West 49th Street. The body will go to Woodlawn Cemetery receiving vault unless his brother Alberto arrives from abroad in time to claim it, with plans to bury in Hollywood if possible.
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New York
Rudolph Valentine
St. Malachi’s
West 49Th Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Valentine
Alberto
S. G. Ullman
Valentino
Hollywood
Calif
Valentino Death Sparks Rumors Of Poison Inquiries
Reports from New York indicate rumors of Valentino poisoning reached the office of Assistant District Attorney Pecora, who said no definite information was received and no action would be taken without official proof. The 31 year old actor died from septic poisoning after a double operation at a Beverly Hills hospital.
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New York
Rudolph Valentino
Pecora
Weather Outlook Iowa Illinois With Rising Temperatures
Iowa and Illinois forecast show Fair conditions tonight with rising temperatures. East portions expect warmer Wednesday, while northwest areas may see cooler pockets. River stages cited for St Paul La Crosse Dubuque Davenport Keokuk and St Louis with minor rises and a few declines.
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Iowa
Illinois
St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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